Rookery Farmhouse, Saxthorpe Road, Thurning, Melton Constable, NR24 2JP
About Rookery Farmhouse
Rookery Farmhouse is a detached house in Thurning, Melton Constable, Melton Constable (NR24 2JP). It has a recorded floor area of 341 m² (around 3670 sq ft), construction records dating it to before 1900 and council tax band F. The latest certificate (April 2025) shows an F (score 23), near the bottom of the EPC scale. The recommended improvements would lift it to C (score 69), a 3-band jump. Main heating runs on oil.
One planning application is currently pending a decision in 2026. At 341 m² the property is well over the postcode median (111 m² across 3 EPCs), placing it in the larger end of the local stock.
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Valuation
against the asking price
Risks
planning & flood
Sold prices
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Trends
the local market
Energy performance
Rookery Farmhouse's carbon output runs well above what efficient homes in the postcode produce.
EPC Rating
Planning history
There is a planning application currently awaiting a decision.
- Feb 2026RenovationHeritageIn report
Internal and possible external changes to main house
- Reference
- IS3/26/0378
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- Larger development activity nearby
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Sales history & valuation
Rookery Farmhouse has no Land Registry sales on file, suggesting it has stayed in the same hands since registration began.
£829,000
Modelled from EPC, postcode comparables.
No sales recorded with HM Land Registry
That can mean the property has never traded since the registry began publishing in 1995, was a new build that hasn't been registered yet, or is held in the same hands long-term.
Median price across the last 1 sales in NR24 2JP: £246,000 (2024–2024).
Nearby sales in NR24 2JP
Everything we know about Rookery Farmhouse, in one report
What it's really worth, what could be wrong, and the planning, sales and area data in full.
What we flagged
- Larger development activity nearby
Versus other Saxthorpe Road homes
On epc rating, Rookery Farmhouse runs well behind the street norm.
EPC Rating
23 (F)
Street avg 54 (E)
Floor Area
341 m²
Street avg 101 m²
CO₂ Emissions
30.0 t/year
Street avg 6.1 t/year
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The neighbourhood at a glance
Daytime road noise here sits well below conversation level — a quiet pocket of the postcode.
Crime
1/mo
Steady year-on-year across the wider district.
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Road noise across the postcode
Daytime· 07:00 – 23:00
42.0dB
Night-time· 23:00 – 07:00
35.5dB